[meteorite-list] California long duration meteor 22AUG2013

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:40:25 +0200
Message-ID: <5219B4E9.8090000_at_alumni.caltech.edu>

Duration is not a reliable way to distinguish between meteors and space
junk. You can only do that using velocity, which is difficult to do from
one vantage point. I've recorded re-entering debris that only glowed for
a few seconds.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 8/25/2013 6:46 AM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
>
>>> Twenty seconds? Sounds like re-entry debris. Anyone else?>>
>
> too short in duration for re-entry debris...
> geozay
Received on Sun 25 Aug 2013 03:40:25 AM PDT